“Hey, what are you guys doing?” “We’re playing Harry Potter.” “Ha, fags!” Cartman’s opinion on all things magic and Muggles is probably how most Game of Thrones fans feel about the Lord of the Rings — the violence is muted; the characters are either good or bad, not both; and where the boobs at?

But Lord of the Rings fans doth protest, because that’s how a Noldorin Elf told them to speak. So it’s about time LoTR worshippers and GoT-heads finally FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT, to decide which is the one fantasy series to rule them all (shove off, The Chronicles of Amber).

Yeah, pretty sure the ven diagrams of both sets of fans overlap more than they don’t.

Best part of having read the GoT books ahead of time was watching some of my friends, who thought Lord of the Rings was for D&D dorks, get totally wrapped up in the first season of the GoT show, that literally ends with DRAGONS. WHO IS THE NERD NOW?!?!

Part of the problem with the comparison is that they are written 70 years apart with one book series being a deliberate homage/deconstruction of the other. Game of Thrones was not a philosophical critique of Lord of the Rings but a natural extension of- what the fuck am I saying? Reading is for nerds! *pulls Burnsy’s pants down and wedgies Dustin* NEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDDDS!